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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document
Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 13:05:03 -0400
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On 5/24/24 9:08 PM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-05-24 09:44, sms wrote:
>> On 5/22/2024 8:07 AM, -hh wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Indeed.  All that saying that ~95% of Android products have moved 
>>> along to current design philosophies, while the last 5% haven't. It 
>>> would take some more research to determine if these holdouts are 
>>> actually still in production (and for what market segment) or if 
>>> they're now down to "New Old Stock" that's still available for sale.
>>
>> Thankfully, one iPhone philosophy, only on U.S. models, has not been 
>> adopted by any Android phone manufacturers, and that's the 
>> decontenting of the physical SIM slot. This loss is a a royal PITA if 
>> you're traveling outside the U.S. and want to buy a local SIM card 
>> complete with a phone number. While foreign data-only eSIMs are 
>> readily available for travelers, travel eSIMs that include an actual 
>> phone number, are few and far between.
>>
>> My sister's boyfriend had his iPhone 12 stolen in Paris and he needed 
>> to buy a new iPhone. He had a hard time finding an iPhone 13 since 
>> there was such a rush on the 13 when the 14 came out. He travels a lot 
>> and needs to use a physical foreign SIM.
>>
> 
> You not understanding the physical SIMs can be made in to eSIMs is not 
> the world's problem.

I wasn't aware of this .. if one buys a physical SIM in a random foreign 
smokeshop (or whatever), what's the process for entering into an 
eSIM-only smartphone like?


-hh